Total Crime Rate

429.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 429.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 132.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 128.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 116.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.4 10/10
  • Public order 24.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.1 10/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Robbery 12.1 9/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Wharf area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Fareham Town , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 356 local areas in Fareham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Wharf (PO16 0LZ) in the last 12 months was 429.7 per 1,000 residents and was 158.3% higher than the Fareham Town average (166.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 107.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -64.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 132.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Wharf (PO16 0LZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 246 crimes here, including 96 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Wharf area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hartland'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hartland'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartland'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portland Street —
Apr 2026Public order Portland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Apr 2026Public order Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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